We believe that qualified teachers are uniquely positioned to provide outstanding tuition. However, we also recognise that not all qualified teachers excel in their craft. That’s why all of our tutors are not only certified educators but have also successfully passed our rigorous assessment process, proving they are truly exceptional teachers!
Our hourly rates start from £70.00 and increase depending on experience and availability. Please see the table below for indicative price ranges for different types and levels of tutoring.
Tuition Type
Price range (£ per hour inc. of VAT)
UK School entrance tuition (7+, 8+ , 11+ and 13+)
80 - 160
Key Stage 1,2 & 3
70 - 100
GCSE / IGCSEs
70 - 100
A-Level
80 - 120
International Baccaluareate DP
90 - 140
International Baccaluareate MYP
80 - 120
Pre-U
100 - 140
*Please note that these prices are indicative only, rates for tutors will be confirmed upon Owl Tutors making recommendations to you.
A placement fee of £95 is payable for each tutor that is introduced to you - this will only be charged if a tuition session takes place and will be added to your first invoice.
There are no registration fees. This means that you can meet a tutor without having to pay anything. You will only be invoiced if you engage one of our tutors to deliver tuition after having discussed your requirements with them.
Why do our tutors cost what they do?
They are all experienced qualified teachers.
Many of our school entrance tutors have significant experience and track records in preparing students for competitive school entrance exams
Many of our tutors are also examiners
They have achieved academic excellence themselves
Many of our tutors have achieved other relevant skills such as qualifications to assist students with special educational needs
How can I save money when using an Owl Tutor
Consider online tuition if you have not already done so. Most students at KS2 or above will have no problem engaging just as efficiently with an online tutor than a face to face one. Face to face tuition can be up to 50% more expensive for the same tutor!
Consider shorter sessions. Most tuition sessions are one hour. 40 minute sessions can often be effective and could reduce your fees by 33%.
Find out if there are times that you can offer to your tutor that are more convenient for them. Most tutors find it difficult to fill their hours during the day (9am to 3pm) in the week. Many of them will accept lower rates at these times.
How do our fees work?
Our tutors set the rates that they wish to be paid on each job. The rate that they will request will be dependent on a number of factors including:
The rate they wish to earn per hour
Whether the job is face to face or online
How much preparation time is required for each session
The tutor's remaining availability
Catherine is such an amazing teacher. Her style and approach of teaching just make tough subjects for my son so easy to understand and he has raised his GCSE predicted attainment grades in recent assessments. It is interactive, the time flies by and he is retaining the knowledge from the sessions. Catherine is dependable, flexible and gives great advice.
Parent of student studying GCSE science online
Catherine's biography
Catherine is a creative and kind qualified science teacher with 16 years' experience and a passion for making digital learning engaging and fun.
Catherine’s approach is to find out what her tutees already understand and then to build their knowledge step by step, addressing missing connections and confusions via careful questioning and assessment of student progress. Her patient manner and skills built up over many years in the classroom provide her with a wide range of approaches, tips and tricks to support every individual’s success in science.
Catherine is also an Apple Distinguished Educator, which means she has been recognised by Apple as an expert in using digital technology to support learning. She therefore strives to make good use of digital tools to support learning both online and in-person. She has taught many different GCSE exam specifications over the years, including AQA, OCR and Edexcel, and can confidently adapt to suit each different specification as needed. Catherine previously examined Physics higher tier for Edexcel.
Catherine's availability
Catherine will have more availability from Monday 30th June 2025.
Contact Owl Tutors to join their wait list.
Catherine's qualifications
Catherine qualified to teach Science in 2007, and holds a QTS from University of Hertfordshire.
Catherine has really helped our daughter’s understanding of all 3 sciences over the past year that they’ve worked together. She makes the lessons fun and is very good at explaining tricky concepts. It’s been very helpful that she’s actually teaching the subjects on a day to day basis at a school so really knows what topics are important. She also gives some helpful exercises for our daughter to work on after the lesson is done. We would very much recommend Catherine to anyone who needs help with their sciences.
Parent of KS3 Science student
Thursday, 17th August 2023
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